The appeal against the ruling of the
Partyzanski district court of Minsk
filed by lawyers of presidential candidate Andrei Sannikau was dismissed.

The answer to the appeal signed by deputy chair of the Supreme Court Kalinkovich
says “the case study carried out by the Supreme Court showed the conclusions of
the first instance court and the court of cassation regarding Sannikau’s guilt
of committing a crime provided for by part 1 of article 293 of the Criminal
Court represent the actual facts of the case and are considered correct.”

The deputy chair of the Supreme Court mixed up the dates
of delivering sentence to Andrei Sannikau: 14 July instead of 14 May.

We remind that presidential candidate Andrei Sannikau was sentenced to 5 years
in prison for taking part in a protest demonstration against the rigged
presidential election. The political prisoners faced torture and cruel
treatment in prison.